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Seitz und Stackelberg über das Oligopol / Seitz and Stackelberg on Oligopoly
Heertje, Arnold - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 218 (1999) 5-6, pp. 712-724
einen Überblick vom Standpunkt der Spieltheorie her.  …
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Erfordert die Europäische Währungsunion die Koordination der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in den Mitgliedsländern? / Does the EMU necessitate the Co-ordination of Active Labour Mark...
Jochem, Axel - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 219 (1999) 5-6, pp. 673-684
Zusammenfassung Durch den Vertrag von Amsterdam vom 2. Oktober 1997 wurde der acquis communautaire der Europäischen Union um ein Kapitel zur gemeinsamen Beschäftigungspolitik erweitert. Ihr Schwerpunkt liegt in der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Die vorliegende Arbeit geht der Frage nach,...
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Classical, Modern, and New Game Theory / Klassische, Moderne und Neue Spieltheorie
Holler, Manfred J. - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 222 (2002) 5, pp. 556-583
Zusammenfassung Im folgenden Überblick zur Geschichte der Spieltheorie stehen die unterschiedlichen Annahmen über die … Entwicklung der Spieltheorie begleiteten und zu dem führten, was viele als ihren Fortschritt ansehen. Die erste Stufe der … Entwicklung, die Klassische Spieltheorie, ist durch John von Neumanns und Oskar Morgensterns Werk „Game Theory and Economic …
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Reputation, Drohungen und Vergeltung: Wiederholte Spiele als Bezugsrahmen für die Analyse von Markteintritten
Kohn, Karsten - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 63 (2014) 2, pp. 185-216
Abstract Despite descriptive empirical evidence on start-up numbers and survival rates of young firms, the interaction of market entry decisions and reactions of incumbent competitors is still insufficiently understood in the entrepreneurship literature. Repeated games offer a suitable...
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Deposit Collectors
Ashraf, Nava; Karlan, Dean; Yin, Wesley - In: The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 6 (2006) 2
Informal lending and savings institutions exist around the world, and often include regular door-to-door deposit collection of cash. Some banks have adopted similar services in order to expand access to banking services in areas that lack physical branches. Using a randomized control trial, we...
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Denial of Death and Economic Behavior
Kopczuk, Wojciech; Slemrod, Joel - In: The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 5 (2005) 1
We model denial of death and its effect on economic behavior. Attempts to reduce death anxiety and the possibility of denial of mortality-relevant information interact with intertemporal choices and may lead to time-inconsistent behavior and other “behavioral” phenomena. In the model,...
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Behavioral Economics and the Conduct of Benefit-Cost Analysis: Towards Principles and Standards
Robinson, Lisa A; Hammitt, James K. - In: Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 2 (2011) 2
As traditionally conducted, benefit-cost analysis is rooted in neoclassical welfare economics, which, in its most simplified form, assumes that individuals act rationally and are primarily motivated by self-interest, making decisions that maximize their welfare. Its conduct is evolving to...
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Reconciling Normative and Behavioral Economics: An Application of the “Naturalistic Approach” to the Adaptation Problem
Schubert, Christian; Binder, Martin - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 234 (2014) 2-3, pp. 350-365
Summary While standard economic theory takes individual preferences as stable and “given”, i.e., independent of situational context, real-world preferences tend to vary with changing opportunity sets. This is exemplified by Aesop’s fable of the fox and the sour grapes. This phenomenon of...
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Accounting for Changing Tastes: Approaches to Explaining Unstable Individual Preferences
Jacobs, Martin - In: Review of Economics 67 (2016) 2, pp. 121-183
Abstract Standard economic theory assumes individual preferences to be fixed and exogenously given. This view has been challenged by numerous empirical observations. In reaction to those challenges, economic theory has been modified, mostly by including additional arguments into individuals’...
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Investigating consumers' responses to the Great Recession
Strutton, David; Lewin, Jeffrey - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 29 (2012) 5, pp. 378-388
Purpose – This study aims to explore the economic impact of the Great Recession on consumers' economic attitudes and behaviors. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected through a questionnaire completed by 2,120 subjects. Eight propositions involving six constructs (i.e....
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